Quasi-interchange modes and interchange instability in rotating magnetospheres

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A1, 2001, Pages 327-343

  Ferriere K M ^a   Zimmer, C ^b   Blanc, M ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84924106911     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JA000133     Document Type: Article

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